Total Security is a rogue anti-spyware application that displays false scan results to convince you that your computer is infected with malware. The rogue program is a clone of another fake spyware remover called System Security. Usually, Total Security is installed through the use of Trojan viruses that display fake security alerts about various infections and security problems. Eventually, TotalSecurity access the system without user’s knowledge and permission. On the other hand, the rogue can be also downloaded and installed manually, but this is less common situation.

Once installed, Total Security performs fake system scan and displays various infections that cannot be removed until you first purchases the program, because trial version is supposedly unable to remove those infections. Actually, these infections do not really exist and are being shown only to scare you hopping that you will buy a license of Total Security 2009. The rogue may also display the Total Security Protection Center window which is very similar to legitimate Windows Security Center notifications. What is more, Total Security terminates popular anti-malware applications when users try to perform system scan. To make things worse, TotalSecurity will constantly display fake security warnings. You may see fake alerts with the following text:

“Security Monitor: WARNING!
Attention! System detected a potential hazard (TrojanSPM/LX) on your computer that may infect executable files.Your private information and PC safety is at risk. To get rid of unwanted spyware and keep your computer safe you need to update your current security software. Cleck Yes to download official intrusion detection system (IDS software)”

Fake firewall alerts may also appear.

“Total Security Firewall Alert
Total Security firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
Chrome Internet Browser is infected with worm Lsas.Blaster.Keyloger. This worm is trying to send your credit card details using Chrome Internet Browser to connect to remote host.”

It is obvious, that this parasite should be removed as soon as possible. Please use the removal guide below to remove Total Security manually from the system.

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What to do if failed?
If you failed to remove infection using Reimage, submit a question to our support team and provide as much details as possible.

Reimage is recommended to uninstall Total Security. Free scanner allows you to check whether your PC is infected or not. If you need to remove malware, you have to purchase the licensed version of Reimage malware removal tool.

Note: Manual assistance required
means that one or all of removers were unable to remove parasite without some manual intervention, please read manual removal instructions below.

i bought this product and my internet security recognized it as a virus/trojan. how can i get my money back?

Guest

Total Security removal instructions may not work for some of you just because virus constantly changes and files may be different. But in most cases Total Security files should be the same as written above.

got the program itself off my computer via stopping random # .exe with the task manager at start up & then running a search of every file with that # and deleting it, BUT my all spyware & virus programs are still disabled. suggestions?

chris

got rid of this thing by stopping random #.exe via task mgr at startup and then deleting every file i could find with that same number, but my spyware programs are still disabled. suggestions?

James

Hello the way you have got my posted your done my computer I would not use your software if it was free and you were paying me to do it.

Ann

Malwarebytes will be enough, a quick scan, even on free version, but I just bought it as it seemed to be just great. Take care of p2p, and music downloading in the future

Louis

I saw someone recommending other antispywares, but some postings say it won't help. Malwarebytes will do it easily, I guess whoever did it is very happy we buy their antispyware softwares because of it

Louis

Malwarebytes, google it, a quick scan, and delete it, after that no more traces of it

Guest

how to delete total security from our pc

Guest

Hello, I don't remember putting total security on my computer. I put in the activation key that came and it did not work. It showed that I updated in (/2009)
Please looki into this matter and let me know what I must do.
Vivian Braxton

Guest

i wanna say thanks for the info. i some how got infected with total security for about 1 week now. i hope this will help remove it

Charlie from NV

i try to delete some files from the registry, my computer crash, it wont come back to my desktop, WTF is going on??? this troubleshooting is FAKE!!!

Guest

Had no tsc.exe on my machine. Had random#.exe and jqs.exe instead hope this helps. I can shut it down and used mbam but it comes back everyday and I have to repeat the process. Rootkit revealer showed nothing it keeps reinstalling. Help!

Judith

Thank you so much, i wasn't able to open anything but internet and itunes.

Guest

I do not want your product please remove it immediate.

Guest

You are invating my privicy!!!!!!!!!!!

NGN

Total Security keeps saying that FILE.exe is infected. I can't use MBAM, or download PC Tools. It won't let me rename any files either.

all remarks as:
run safe mode;
run ctr/shift/delete
controlpanel
= bullshit; this programm do not activitate this programms; or you dont have the answer or the trojan has been developped but old method does not work;
still waiting good suggestions

Guest

And i could even install removal program…Feel like i'm gonna have to do it manually….

Guest

That stupid shit blocket all of my applications!!I hate it so much!!!thanks cause it closed all processe…

Guest

reference to comment 16 – THIS WORKED FOR ME. THANK YOU 16. by . 2009-09-17 07:09:05

Push CLTR + SHIFT + ESC and Close program tsc.exe … Next use Freeware program : Total Uninstall ..

Guest

is this free or just another attempt to get me to buy something?

Guest

…including the task manager…

Guest

I can't get the download posted above to work. TS blocked all exe's. I dunno how to start the manual removal. Can someone help with the manual removal directions????

Guest

your manual removal doesNOT work as total security will NOT allow ANY executables to run such as taskmanager, regedit, cmd.exe etc. so now what??????????????????

Guest

automatic removal does not work. noway to run the exe due to total security blocking all exe's.

ImSoiljaBoy

I Know This One Enter This Code Into REg.
Next It wILL Reove iT
WNDS-S0DF5–GS5EO-FG14S-2DF8G
TRY IT!!!

Guest

thanks for posting this it probably saved my computer

Guest

thanks a lot
great info

Guest

tsc.exe ,Sc2C21UvvM.exe , [RANDOM NUMBER].exe from he task manager.
from program files total security.
and go to regedit and ctrl+f and type tsc.exe and delete it

me

annoying. use onecare.live.com to cure

Guest

It may also be in random letters

Guest

total security can be removed by deleting the entire folder name TS in Program Files.
then delete it in the ADD/REMOVE in Control panel. Hope this help. thank you.

Guest

Total security will not let me run in safe mode, wont let me kill the process, cant do anything. Anything I click on that might help me it shows up for half a sec and than dissappears. Please help.

Guest

You can also restore your computer to an earlier date which is what I did to get rid of this annoying thing

Guest

Push CLTR + SHIFT + ESC and Close program tsc.exe … Next use Freeware program : Total Uninstall ..

Alex

Automatic Total Security removal tool works. I had to run it in safe mode.

Guest

this is no better than totql security itself, for it to actually work, i need to pay

2. run msconfig and restore to a checkpoint date before the infection date.
it works.

Guest

I deleted the TSC software and not more scan and pop-up window BUT my IE still got “BLOCK” message!!! ;( what else should I delete. I don't have the random number .exe on my Window Task Manager .. under other name?

Guest

Thanks Paby. Gettig into task manager at load up b4 total loaded was the answer.
Ended process of the random numbers worked. Thank again

Is the random number you have to look for any random number? I have two numbers in the processes but I don't know which one to end.

Guest

this system SUKCS.

Guest

ii hate this SECURITY SYSTEM. this SUCKS.

Guest

Still not sure what to do, since I can't acess the internet on the infected computer. I've tried Process Editor, but that fails to even start. What should I do?

Swede

Suddenly it disappeared. After a week of disaster. I had tried everything. They're playing with us. Destroy them!

mr. whatzitooya

I was wondering if this is free

Guest

je desire me desinscrire car ces une erreur que je reçoit celà. merci

Guest

Go to Start Menu>Search>For all Files and Folders
Then type: 10470934.exe and when the computer finds it, delete it, and then remove it from the recycle bin.
I did that and Total Security was gone

Guest

i dont wont this scaneerprogram

Guest

i dont have any of those processes, files, or registry values, not from deleting them, i just dont have them, but total security is still on my computer, how? and how do i get rid of it then?

Guest

Total Security & related co. should be heavily fined for these practies.

Guest

i have done the suggestions..why the total security doesn't removed yet?

Guest

right, the spyware doctor did not work for me. what worked was: rename the program in the TSC folder from TSC to something random and it will become automatically uninstalled!! SHAZAM!

Guest

Do as paby says! Works great!

Guest

Total Security took over everything, the task manager, system restore, run , ie nothing is working! Please help!

Guest

where are you finding the files that need to be deleted?

Guest

deleting 11622504.exe and terminate the process did it for me

Guest

my laptop had total security on some how but it is blocking me out of every thing wont let me in task menue control panel or on the net pls help

paby

reboot the computer loading windows then at loading up items from taskbar simply access direcltly to taskmanager do not let em run.access directly fast to taskmanager and end proccess the random numbers like this 37362821.exe..

paby

reboot the computer loading windows then at loading up items from taskbar simply access direcltly to taskmanager do not let em run.access directly fast to taskmanager and end proccess the random numbers like this 37362821.exe..

Guest

reboot the computer loading windows then at loading up items from taskbar simply access direcltly to taskmanager do not let em run.access directly fast to taskmanager and end proccess the random numbers like this 37362821.exe..

Guest

Download Process Explorer. Rename Procexp.exe to iexplore.exe and run the program. Find tsc.exe and terminate this process.

paby

reboot the computer loading windows then at loading up items from taskbar simply access direcltly to taskmanager do not let em run.access directly fast to taskmanager and end proccess the random numbers like this 37362821.exe!

Radu

My girlfriends laptop has been recently overrun by this stupid spyware…I have tried to remove it by the methods suggested but to no avail…every time I try running a program it says that the program has been infected and that it does not work…someone Help please! 🙁

Guest

Rename the program to free your computer

Guest

total secut=rity blocked any program that tru to uninstall it and i just can not hadle it

rodi

If Task manager is disabled then download and run this file:
2-spyware.com/download/task-manager-fix.reg

Guest

This is too confusing and not helpful. For example, the guide for unregistering DLLs tells me to enter the location of the DLL. I can't do that if I don't know the location and it cannot be found by searching files and folders. FAIL.

DavidSmith70

No longer works as of Aug 17 2009, STOPzilla installation is blocked, as is Task Manager, Safe Mode, Malwarebytes, smitfraudfix, etc.

Guest

When I arrived at work today, this piece of crap was running. I started in safemode, ran regedit, navigated to HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftCurrentVersionRun and deleted the key for 11062814. After I did that the machine booted up properly, and I was able to run Spybot S&D. Hope this helps.

Guest

HELP. it's on my main desktop computer. i can't get it off the machine. each time i select my spyware blaster or firefox to download this software or add/remove programs, it does not let me execute any files. in plain layman terms, how do i remove it? i need help quick. thanks.

Guest

I have tried to do this several times and each time my computer says that it cannot be restored to the specific System Checkpoint I picked. Help!

Guest

go into safemode with networking (restart computer and press F8 while booting) the perform a system restore to a point where you know it wasnt bothering you yet and then download the remover, that is what i just did and it worked

Guest

we tried renaming process explorer to “winlogon.exe” and it still won't open. Do you have any other suggestions?

LIz

total security won't let me open task manager and it doesn't appear in my program files! it won't let me install any other anti virus or even windows defender. I don't know what to do! I can't get rid of it!

james

to any of you whose process explorer was denied and declared 'harmful' by TS, rename it “winlogon.exe” and run it, and then continue the process of removing it